Though I have yet to make any new travel postings, I decided to change the address of my blog so that it is in sync with Abraham and my new general web site – johnkofi.net. I hope to add some new “views from the window seat” soon. In the main time, check out the site for more pictures from our past travels.

Stay tuned!
John

After several days in the Volta region, we passed through Accra again and headed west along the coast. Four hours from Accra we reached Cape Coast, a lively city with the feel of an overgrown village that was the original capital of Britain’s “Gold Coast,” Ghana’s colonial name.

Cape Coast was a very easy city to walk around — although it was hilly — and we spent a lot of time walking along curving roads and passing by smiling people going about their routines. Although it’s fairly large, everyone seemed to know each other. It reminded me a lot of La Ceiba, Honduras, where I lived for three years in the Peace Corps.
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I’m finally getting around to sharing some of our Ghana experiences with you. I really thought I would have done this one month ago, but readjusting to life in the States has been a strange thing, and I needed to put some time between West Africa and my resumption of life in Arizona.

Not that things in Phoenix are bad. On the contrary, after being in a daze for a few days after our January 17 return, we gradually got into the swing of our final trimester here. Abraham’s taking his final classes and looking for a job, I’m substitute teaching, and before you know it, we’ll be out of Arizona in May. So coming back here was necessary in order to move on with our lives.
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